Oregon Constitution

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The Oregon Constitution is the foundational legal document that establishes and governs the structure, powers, and limitations of the state government of Oregon.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf foundational legal document
state constitution
admissionDateOfState 1859-02-14
adoptedBy Oregon Constitutional Convention of 1857
appliesToJurisdiction Oregon
canBeAmendedBy initiative amendment
legislative referral and popular vote
contains Oregon Constitution self-linksurface differs
surface form: Bill of Rights of Oregon
country United States of America
surface form: United States
createdFor future State of Oregon
dateAdopted 1857-11-09
defines powers of Oregon state government
effectiveDate 1859-02-14
establishes structure of Oregon state government
establishesBody Oregon Court of Appeals
Oregon House of Representatives
Oregon Legislative Assembly
Oregon State Senate
Oregon Supreme Court
establishesOffice Governor of Oregon
governs Government of Oregon
guarantees individual rights of Oregon citizens
hasBranch executive branch of Oregon
Oregon Judicial Department
surface form: judicial branch of Oregon

legislative branch of Oregon
hasFeature direct democracy provisions
initiative process
recall process
referendum process
interpretedBy Oregon Court of Appeals
Oregon Supreme Court
language English
legalStatus supreme law of Oregon
legalSystem common law system of the United States
limits powers of Oregon state government
linkedToEvent Oregon statehood admission to the Union
locationOfOriginal Salem, Oregon
ratificationDate 1857-11-09
ratificationMethod popular vote
ratifiedBy voters of Oregon Territory
statehoodContext Oregon statehood
subjectMatter education in Oregon
elections in Oregon
initiative and referendum in Oregon
local government in Oregon
public finance in Oregon
recall of public officers in Oregon
separation of powers in Oregon
taxation in Oregon
territorialContext Oregon
surface form: Oregon Territory

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Milwaukie City Council subordinateTo Oregon Constitution
this entity surface form: Constitution of the State of Oregon